In a further sign of economic optimism, well over half (58 per cent) of UK small to medium-sized firms (SMEs) plan to enter new markets in the next two years with the manufacturing sector leading the way, according to a new study by Albion Ventures. Evidence of an export-led recovery

The latest research from Preqin finds that management fees among infrastructure funds of more recent vintages are lower than for previous vintage years. While 2012 and 2013 vintage funds have a median investment period management fee of 2.00 per cent, funds currently in market, or with a 2015 vintage, have

Research from international law firm Nabarro reveals the UK remains top of the Nabarro Infrastructure Index as the most attractive country for infrastructure investment. The top five countries in the Index are rounded out by Canada, the US, Australia and UAE in second, third, fourth and fifth places respectively. The

Stronger regulatory enforcement, tighter internal governance, and the increased risks to the transaction has led to the number of leaked M&A deals in 2014 falling to its lowest level in six years, according to Intralinks. The fall in the percentage of deals involving a leak prior to the announcement of

A new report from Goldman Sachs, produced in partnership with the British Business Bank and the Enterprise Research Centre with support from Scale-Ip Institute and Said Business School, details the critical role UK SMEs can play in addressing the UK’s ‘productivity gap’, a deficit identified in the UK Government’s Productivity Plan

Ahead of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting on 18 and 19 November, Asia Pacific CEOs have expressed a number of concerns and believe prospects for business growth over the next 12 months are dimming fast. That’s according to PwC’s fifth annual APEC CEO Survey, which reveals that

US alternative investment managers (IMs) continue to operate with elevated levels of uncalled investment capital, or dry powder, at a time when credit markets remain competitive and valuations are high, according to a special report by Fitch Ratings.  'With more capital chasing fewer deals, significant fund underperformance is possible if

At a time of rising demands from US pension funds for proper disclosure and record US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fines against private equity firms, LPs have given a clarion call for fees to be more clearly explained. The Reputational Risk in Private Equity Report (RRiPE) 2015 surveyed the

Seventy-four per cent of private equity fund managers made firm-wide increases in base salary from 2014 to 2015, according to Preqin’s 2016 Private Equity Compensation and Employment Review.  According to the survey of almost 200 private equity firms, the average increase in salary was 7 per cent, with 14 per